CVE-2026-85706
GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal Vulnerability
IN CISA KEV
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.11.12, 19.0 before 19.0.9, 19.1 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.
- Vendor
- GitLab
- Product
- Community Edition and Enterprise Edition
- CVSS 3.1
- 10 (critical), scored by cve@gitlab.comCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CWE
- CWE-22
- Published
- 2026-09-12
- NVD modified
- 2026-09-24
- NVD status
- Analyzed
CISA KEV
- Date added
- 2026-09-11
- Due date
- 2026-09-14
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
EPSS
93.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 99th)
FIRST EPSS, updated 17 Oct 2026. About EPSS
CVSS is severity, EPSS is likelihood, KEV means already exploited. EPSS is a statistical probability, not a certainty: a low score does not make a bug safe, and a high one does not prove it is being exploited.
References
- gitlab.com (Broken Link)
- hackerone.com (Permissions Required)
- www.cisa.gov (Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
Data last updated 18 Oct 2026. Sources: NVD API 2.0, CISA KEV catalog, FIRST EPSS. Links: NVD, CISA KEV. Metadata only. ThreatWire does not host exploit code.